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Routing European-Hinge Mortises
October 25, 2005

Several years ago, I remodeled my kitchen and painstakingly arrived at many of the details presented in Bill Pfeiffer's European-style cabinets article (Fine Woodworking #43). I have neither a drill…
Turning without a Lathe
October 25, 2005

If you've got a 4-ft. post to turn and only a 3-ft. bed on your lathe, the drawing shows a way out of the dilemma. Bandsaw or tablesaw the blank…
Bowlturning Chuck
October 25, 2005

I make bowls by turning the top and inside first, then reversing the blank and turning the bottom. This lets me use a standard faceplate for the heavy roughing-out and…
Foam Faceplate for Turning Bowl Feet
October 25, 2005

One common method of chucking a bowl blank in a lathe is to use glue and paper to attach a waste piece to the bottom of the blank, then screw…
Homebuilt Outboard Lathe
October 25, 2005

Turning circular tabletops on my regular lathe was less than satisfactory. The outboard spindle was just not designed for large, unbalanced, rough work. When a friend offered me a rear…
Knock Down Router Table
October 25, 2005

I made my router table with a plywood top and a pair of sawhorses as legs. In order to allow easy knockdown, the tops of the sawhorses simply fit into…
Rip-Fence Extensions, Two Ways
October 25, 2005

My decision to extend the rip-fence tails on my Rockwell contractors' tablesaw came after a 4x8 sheet of plywood I was cutting "freehand" kicked back on me. I removed the…
Thickness-Planing on the Jointer
October 25, 2005

Tage Frid, in Fine Woodworking #19, p. 94, describes how to thickness boards on the jointer. Frid's jig is a precision wooden affair that requires removing the jointer's fence to…
Slot Mortiser
October 25, 2005

This low-cost slot mortiser utilizes my Sears saw table and motor. The arbor platform sits snugly in a space between the saw table and a catching table I built behind…
Stationary Jig for Cutting Open Mortises
October 25, 2005

This jig is used to cut open bridle-joint mortises in frame members. It solves many of the problems inherent with sliding jigs, which tend to be complicated to make and…

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